Guardian Media Ltd in major structural shake-up
Guardian Media Limited’s Managing Director, Lucio Mesquita, announced a number of structural changes to the business today. In an address to all staff from the floor of the Guardian newsroom, an...
View ArticleCops pledge to bring killers to justice
On the heels of the murder of nine-year-old Emmanuel Cyon Paul and the increase of crime in La Romaine, a police mobile unit will be erected in the community tomorrow.This was disclosed yesterday by...
View ArticleNothing will bring back my Cyon
A police post in the crime-plagued community of La Romaine is being welcomed by residents and business people outraged over the recent killing of nine-year-old Cyon Paul.But for Safiya Williams, Cyon’s...
View ArticleCepep contractors facing termination
The Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) yesterday said it planned to remove contractors who have spent more than three years in the programme. The plan will...
View ArticleMoonilal threatens to sue over claim
Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal has threatened legal action against the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) for publishing a statement on the misappropriation of...
View ArticleMake division heads account
The Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (Doma) wants Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to make divisional commanders account for the crimes in their district. In a statement yesterday, the...
View ArticleCops search for 2 missing teens
Police are seeking assistance from the public in locating two missing teenage girls, one of whom left two cryptic messages on Facebook the day she was last seen.According to police reports, Christene...
View ArticleFishermen admit to dumping fish
Fishermen claimed yesterday they were to blame for schools of dead fish washing ashore in the southwestern peninsular.The admission came almost a month after reports of dead fish washing ashore and...
View ArticleCascade, St Ann’s residents beg WASA: No water to cook, bathe
A 70-year-old man and his wife have resorted to eating at restaurants each night, frequently showering at friends’ homes or even by the sea, all because they don’t receive pipe-borne water for weeks or...
View ArticleNew plan in works to combat Zika
The Ministry of Health has teamed up with several local and regional stakeholders to develop new response to the Zika virus as it threatens the tourism industry and sparks panic among pregnant women as...
View ArticleWork slows down at Couva corporation
Work at the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation has slowed down near the end of the financial year as the recent suspension of four employees, currently before the court on corruption charges,...
View ArticleCyon murder suspect in hiding after talk with cops... I did not kill him
Following two hits on his life, Marlon Lynch, the man wrongfully accused of killing nine-year-old Cyon Paul yesterday went into hiding after he surrendered to the San Fernando police and was...
View Article‘Grandad’ as Cyon is laid to rest: Killer will pay very soon
“Whoever took his life has to pay and they will pay very soon.”Those were the words of a man said to be like a grandfather to nine-year-old Cyon Paul during his funeral yesterday.Clive Francis, who...
View ArticleRowley welcomes crime talks with Kamla, warns: Collaboration key to success
In the face of calls from various quarters for his Government to do more to fight the criminal elements as the murder toll approaches 300, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday assured the...
View ArticleNSC to view Rasta City gang video
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday a recent WhatsApp video depicting criminal gang members displaying sophisticated guns at various locations in T&T will be addressed by the National...
View ArticleSuspect held wearing hijab
The two other suspects involved in Wednesday’s gun attack against two off-duty police officers were arrested yesterday.Officers from the North Eastern Divisional Task Force held the suspects in two...
View ArticleWorkers Safe
Between 160 and 175 of the 265 contractors employed with the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) will be axed from the programme for now, but the 12,000-odd...
View Article$1m assistance for ‘beached’ fishermen
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday that Cabinet had approved a $1 million “assistance” for fisherman who have lost earnings as a result of a string of fish kills in the Gulf of...
View ArticleVideo evidence tendered in court
A 22-minute video recording of murder accused Rajaee Ali being interviewed by police was admitted into evidence as the preliminary enquiry into the killing of former special State prosecutor Dana...
View ArticleWASA cites power problem for water woes in Cascade
Electrical problems are being blamed for the low water pressure and unreliable water supply to residents of Upper Cascade Road.This according to officials of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA),...
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